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About David Ezra (Mehmet) Okonsar

David Ezra Okonsar, formerly Mehmet, pianist, composer, conductor and musicologist is the First Prize Winner at the International Young Virtuosos Competition, Antwerp, Belgium, 1982 and laureate of other prestigious international piano competitions such as the Gina Bachauer, Sixth Prize, Salt Lake City-UT, 1991 and J. S. Bach, Second Prize, Paris, France 1989. He is graduated from the Brussels Royal Conservatory of Music. His extensive discography includes a series of works by J. S. Bach, Liszt and Schumann. As a musicologist, writer and lecturer, Okonsar's writings are published in several music periodics. His essays and analyses are released in English and French, he is a lecturer on music, composing and technology.

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Even though anyone could be captivated by a performance of such pulverizing energy and elegance, Okonsar was not ever one to woo his audience with painless alternatives, just about all his playing already have an unimpeachable authority.

"Conceptual" pianists think carefully before moving, so to speak, and also almost nothing within their technique occurs overnight. For them, process usually occurs prior to as opposed to throughout concert occasion. Sergey Rachmaninov, Rosalyn Tureck and Dinu Lipatti personnify "concept" pianists, and also, these days, Krystian Zimerman, and also Piotr Anderszewski, each of whom emulate the late Glenn Gould's meticulous approach to recording.

Whether or not Mehmet Okonsar may be the 21st century's supreme "concept" pianist, he frequently takes some ten years to offer a work in public and also states "that is the absolute minimum", his renowned and enigmatic standing -with a distance- in the worldwide classical music market continues.